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THE LATEST TREND IN BIOHACKING WILL ‘KEY IMPLANTS’ BECOME THE NEW NORMAL?
Fox 2 spoke with Dalaly, who said the chips also have other perks: “I can walk up to people and have them tap their phone to [the house key in] my hand and instantly transfer my contact information in my portfolio, my COVID vaccine card,” he told the news station. He added that purchasing and implanting the Tesla “digital key” cost just $400. Dalaly didn’t develop this idea alone — at least not the Tesla part. According to the New York Post, he’s one of 100 beta testers for VivoKey Apex (VivoKey.com), which makes “Apex Flex subdermal security keys” using the same technology that powers contactless credit cards. The brand claims the implants protect users’ data from hackers, phishers, scammers, loss, and theft. “Apex can free your digital identity and make it part of the one thing that matters most — you,” its website claims.
Dalaly and his fellow beta testers aren’t the first to jump on the “digital key” bandwagon. Back in 2019, NBC News reported that people in Sweden were implanting the digital equivalent of their keys, wallets, and IDs in the backs of their hands using similar technology. The news site followed one man through his daily routine, watching him unlock his office door and access the company fridge with a wave of his wrist. These forays into biohacking — a term used to describe the “augmentation” or “enhancement” of the human body and brain — are generating public pushback. Some people think hiding data under their skin sounds too much like something out of “Black Mirror.” But for others, like Dalaly, convenience wins out over privacy concerns. “[The chip] is a perfect backup,” he told Fox 2. “You can never forget it, it never breaks, something that won’t fail you.”
If you could unlock your house with a wave of your hand, would you ditch your keys forever? In 2022, a Detroit tech worker named Brandon Dalaly pondered this question — and said yes. Dalaly partnered with a local piercing shop, which agreed to implant two microchips in his palm: one in his left hand to unlock his house and the other in his right to open his Tesla!
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